Hi,
Ever since joining this site I saw something being tossed around a lot. A simple phrase that can be summed up as …
“You need a good drawing program to be a good artist”
The tl;dr version of this PSA is that the above phrase is a lie. آپ need practice and time in order to be a good artist. Also this مضمون will be image heavy.
Let’s start سے طرف کی defining what exactly an art program is.
An art program is a digital artist’s tool. Each program has its up’s and downs. If آپ learn how to use your tools correctly آپ can excel. It doesn’t matter if the program is a piece of crap, یا one of the best in the business. Someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing with their tools will fail, even if they know how to use the tools. While someone who knows what they’re doing with their tools will succeed, especially if they know how to use their tools. It simply does not matter the quality of the tools. Okay, well that’s a lie. Your end result will obviously be effected سے طرف کی your tool choice, but not in the way you’re thinking. For example, if آپ do something in MS paint it will have that pixely feel to it. However, آپ can still make good art in MS paint, for a variety of reasons.
1.Use the pixely feel to your advantage. (pixel art anyone?)
2. Any art program can دکھائیں good use of anatomy, color and perspective.
That last one is key. An art program does not do the art for you. آپ still need to know the basics.
If you don’t know color theory, it will show- even if آپ use photoshop
If you don’t know anatomy it will show- even if آپ use paint tool sai
If you do know color theory, it will show- even if آپ use MS Paint
If you do know anatomy, it will show- even if آپ use GIMP
Okay, so now that آپ know that the art program آپ use is almost irrelevant; how do آپ improve?
1.Listen to critique. This is one of the hardest things to do in my opinion. Not only do آپ have to deal with people telling آپ what is wrong with your art, آپ also need to figure out what to listen to and what to not listen to. People are going to be assholes and just shit talk your art without anything constructive to say, and others just have no clue what they’re talking about. (give bad advice) A good way to tell if they’re doing it out of malice is to see if they add آپ an alternative to what they point out آپ did wrong, یا at least explain why it’s wrong. It’s going to suck, and آپ probably won’t like the art work as much as آپ originally did, but if آپ listen to the good stuff and filter out the bad you’ll be good to go! Also, a person’s art skill does not determine if they know what they’re talking about یا not! ( If anyone wants to get a critique on a picture send me a message wherever and I’ll be happy to help! )
2. Read and listen to Tutorials. There are many tutorials on deviantart (and other sites), they range from how to color, anatomy tutorials, how to animate, make video games…but I’m just going to focus on anatomy and coloring! I recommend reading them and listening to them. (some not all tutorials! I wish I could give آپ guys a link to the tutorials I use but I can’t at this second) آپ can find tutorials that دکھائیں آپ how to use the tools correctly in any program, how to use colors correctly (I strongly recommend purplekecleon’s color tutorial!) آپ don’t have to follow these tutorials to a tee, put your own spin on them!
3. Experiment I’m not going to drop any names but there is a sonic artist on deviantart that I loathe. I loathe her because she is one of rudest, stuck up people I have ever met. Oh, she has an ego too. She thinks her art is good but the reality says otherwise. Why do I bring this up? Well. Her art has not improved in 3 years. In fact it looks exactly the same! Same shading, same (horrid) anatomy. She doesn’t experiment. Experimentation is important because it allows آپ to try new things. (duh?) آپ will do stupid shit with the experiments, it will look bad and that’s okay. It is okay to roll out art that آپ don’t like as an experiment, because if آپ experiment, it’s a مزید “hands on” way to improve. To put it layman's terms, you can’t improve if آپ keep doing the same thing! So go out of your comfort zone! If you’re always doing art with line art try going lineless! Maybe lineless with 1 layering the entire picture? Maybe try a new way to cel shade! یا maybe doing the entire picture in gray scale then using layer modes to give it color! There are many things that آپ can do!
4. Patience آپ won’t see improvements immediately , it’s a slow process. Just keep doing steps 1-3 and آپ will slowly notice improvements in your art. آپ will only see drastic improvements when آپ look at your really old stuff! Trust me, it’s a treat! (by treat I mean really embarrassing!) Just keep at it, I know آپ can do it.
Okay, well where’s the proof?
Proof, okay. Got it. I’ll دکھائیں آپ some of my old art and some of my newer art. All of these pictures where made in Paint Tool SAI with maybe a little bit of photoshop. In otherwords, the quality of the art is very different dispite being made in the same program! This also shows that nobody is born a good artist, آپ have to work for it! The picture closest to the سب, سب سے اوپر is the oldest, while the picture of Espona at the bottom is the newest. The last two pictures are NOT mine, they are there because the artists who made them used MS.Paint and Gimp. In the image captain there is credit.
The 2nd to last image is سے طرف کی nancher.deviantart.com and the last image is سے طرف کی Light-Waves-Warriors.deviantart.com
Ever since joining this site I saw something being tossed around a lot. A simple phrase that can be summed up as …
“You need a good drawing program to be a good artist”
The tl;dr version of this PSA is that the above phrase is a lie. آپ need practice and time in order to be a good artist. Also this مضمون will be image heavy.
Let’s start سے طرف کی defining what exactly an art program is.
An art program is a digital artist’s tool. Each program has its up’s and downs. If آپ learn how to use your tools correctly آپ can excel. It doesn’t matter if the program is a piece of crap, یا one of the best in the business. Someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing with their tools will fail, even if they know how to use the tools. While someone who knows what they’re doing with their tools will succeed, especially if they know how to use their tools. It simply does not matter the quality of the tools. Okay, well that’s a lie. Your end result will obviously be effected سے طرف کی your tool choice, but not in the way you’re thinking. For example, if آپ do something in MS paint it will have that pixely feel to it. However, آپ can still make good art in MS paint, for a variety of reasons.
1.Use the pixely feel to your advantage. (pixel art anyone?)
2. Any art program can دکھائیں good use of anatomy, color and perspective.
That last one is key. An art program does not do the art for you. آپ still need to know the basics.
If you don’t know color theory, it will show- even if آپ use photoshop
If you don’t know anatomy it will show- even if آپ use paint tool sai
If you do know color theory, it will show- even if آپ use MS Paint
If you do know anatomy, it will show- even if آپ use GIMP
Okay, so now that آپ know that the art program آپ use is almost irrelevant; how do آپ improve?
1.Listen to critique. This is one of the hardest things to do in my opinion. Not only do آپ have to deal with people telling آپ what is wrong with your art, آپ also need to figure out what to listen to and what to not listen to. People are going to be assholes and just shit talk your art without anything constructive to say, and others just have no clue what they’re talking about. (give bad advice) A good way to tell if they’re doing it out of malice is to see if they add آپ an alternative to what they point out آپ did wrong, یا at least explain why it’s wrong. It’s going to suck, and آپ probably won’t like the art work as much as آپ originally did, but if آپ listen to the good stuff and filter out the bad you’ll be good to go! Also, a person’s art skill does not determine if they know what they’re talking about یا not! ( If anyone wants to get a critique on a picture send me a message wherever and I’ll be happy to help! )
2. Read and listen to Tutorials. There are many tutorials on deviantart (and other sites), they range from how to color, anatomy tutorials, how to animate, make video games…but I’m just going to focus on anatomy and coloring! I recommend reading them and listening to them. (some not all tutorials! I wish I could give آپ guys a link to the tutorials I use but I can’t at this second) آپ can find tutorials that دکھائیں آپ how to use the tools correctly in any program, how to use colors correctly (I strongly recommend purplekecleon’s color tutorial!) آپ don’t have to follow these tutorials to a tee, put your own spin on them!
3. Experiment I’m not going to drop any names but there is a sonic artist on deviantart that I loathe. I loathe her because she is one of rudest, stuck up people I have ever met. Oh, she has an ego too. She thinks her art is good but the reality says otherwise. Why do I bring this up? Well. Her art has not improved in 3 years. In fact it looks exactly the same! Same shading, same (horrid) anatomy. She doesn’t experiment. Experimentation is important because it allows آپ to try new things. (duh?) آپ will do stupid shit with the experiments, it will look bad and that’s okay. It is okay to roll out art that آپ don’t like as an experiment, because if آپ experiment, it’s a مزید “hands on” way to improve. To put it layman's terms, you can’t improve if آپ keep doing the same thing! So go out of your comfort zone! If you’re always doing art with line art try going lineless! Maybe lineless with 1 layering the entire picture? Maybe try a new way to cel shade! یا maybe doing the entire picture in gray scale then using layer modes to give it color! There are many things that آپ can do!
4. Patience آپ won’t see improvements immediately , it’s a slow process. Just keep doing steps 1-3 and آپ will slowly notice improvements in your art. آپ will only see drastic improvements when آپ look at your really old stuff! Trust me, it’s a treat! (by treat I mean really embarrassing!) Just keep at it, I know آپ can do it.
Okay, well where’s the proof?
Proof, okay. Got it. I’ll دکھائیں آپ some of my old art and some of my newer art. All of these pictures where made in Paint Tool SAI with maybe a little bit of photoshop. In otherwords, the quality of the art is very different dispite being made in the same program! This also shows that nobody is born a good artist, آپ have to work for it! The picture closest to the سب, سب سے اوپر is the oldest, while the picture of Espona at the bottom is the newest. The last two pictures are NOT mine, they are there because the artists who made them used MS.Paint and Gimp. In the image captain there is credit.
The 2nd to last image is سے طرف کی nancher.deviantart.com and the last image is سے طرف کی Light-Waves-Warriors.deviantart.com
